However, Mr Gove sensibly differentiated
between trade union leaders and trade unionists.
PoliticsHome can also reveal that talks have been held
between trade union leaders as they mull over whether or not to withdraw their support for Mr Corbyn.
Not exact matches
A similar enterprise at the Evangelical Academy at Bad Boll, near Stuttgart, Germany, has made a significant start toward bridging the gap
between the Church and the industrial worker by inviting representatives of the
Trade Unions and Workers» Councils, including sometimes communists, to discuss the implications of Christianity, while on other occasions employers and Workers» Council
leaders have met together for mutual discussion of the applications of the gospel to industry.
Last week Michael Gove gave a speech which, among other things, differentiated
between opposing
trade union leaders and
trade union members.
Some party insiders claim Lennie's appointment is designed to send a signal that Labour's
leader is putting distance
between himself and the
trade unions.
The differences over Trident, aired in the city where Labour's only pacifist
leader, George Lansbury, failed to persuade
trade union leaders of the need to disarm in 1935, go to the heart of the differences
between Labour's two wings.
Having lost his job when Boris Johnson ousted Livingstone from the Mayor's office in 2008, Fletcher was out of frontline politics until early in 2013, when Ed Miliband hired him to liaise
between the Labour
leader's office and the
trade unions.
He also supported an offer by Unite general secretary Len McCluskey that
trade union leaders could broker a peace deal
between the rival wings of the party.
Yesterdays «news» on the Collins review of the Labour Party —
trade union link is that Ed Miliband's reform plans are faltering: there's a hiccup in the negotiations
between Paul Kenny on behalf of the affiliated
unions and the
Leader's office, but it's about -LSB-...]
... Throughout this long period, we have been repeatedly frustrated by the gulf
between the clear and present need, the burning desire of parents to have more control over the schooling of their children, on the one hand, and the adamant and effective opposition of
trade union leaders and educational administrators to any change that would in any way reduce their control of the educational system.